Radio mast // I was at an unfamiliar station about a month ago and this looked striking against the clear blue sky. (Phone camera)
Ristorante Paradiso booth // The only photo I took at the Tokyo International Anime Fair with my camera phone. It turned out better than the one take with my regular camera.
Riverbank blossom // This isn't sakura and it bloomed very early. The colours really were that striking. (Phone camera)
River bird // I have no idea what kind of bird this is, but I see them occasionally around the river. Crane? (Phone camera)
Sakura tea // Carefully positioned so you can see a pink leaflet with the word 'graduation' on it. I took this picture before I tasted it. (Phone camera)
Pestle and mortar // I went to a shabushabu restaurant for the end-of-term drinking party. Before we started, we ground up sesame seeds to make the sauce. It was SO good. (Phone camera)
Dessert // Here's dessert at the same place. (Phone camera)
Odaiba // For our anniversary,
kuroe and I went to a Dragonforce concert in Zepp Tokyo. It was like living in the 80s again. (Phone camera)Ferris wheel // Odaiba again. (Phone camera)
Blossom // Outside my house. (Phone camera)
More blossom // Same again. (Phone camera)
Mojo Jojo // After Saiyuki Musical at Sunshine City. Remind me to post more about that -- I really enjoyed it and the singing was pretty good this time around. (Olympus camera)
Kit-Kat // Everyone loves Japanese Kit-Kats? Espresso coffee flavour. (Olympus camera)
Party
Alcohol // We stopped at pretty much every convenience store on the way to my apartment (it's a twenty minute walk) and just kept acquiring more and more. (Olympus camera)
Rabbit rum //
dilettantka loves rabbits. (Olympus camera)Sakura cocktails // Sakura flavour... alcohol. (Olympus camera)
Alcohol // Strawberry frosting cocktail. (Olympus camera)
Dilettantka // Bunny love. (Olympus camera)
Kuroe // Beer love. (Olympus camera)
Oresama // Butler love. (Olympus camera)
Blodeuedd and Dilettantka // Gundam love. (Olympus camera)
Sunnysideup34 // More beer love. (Olympus camera)
2Girls, One Cup (NSFW, but not in the way you think!) // Oi! :P (Olympus camera)
Cake // Not a lie. Strawberry, in fact. (Olympus camera)
Inokashira Park
Cherry blossom // Sakura and lamp. (Olympus camera)
Flowers // During the daytime. (Olympus camera)
Cherry tree by the lake // (Olympus camera)
Cherry tree // Same again. (Olympus camera)
At the end of the day... // The reality of hanami parties. All that rubbish. (Olympus camera)
Saitama Blossom
A small stream in Saitama // I could see these trees from the train, so I decided to track them down. (Olympus camera)
Cherry trees // I wrote a haiku about what I saw for Japanese class. 荒川に 桜で描く 縞模様。 It's not the Arakawa river, as far as I know, although it's very close. (Olympus camera)
Cherry trees // Much of the blossom had already fallen into the water. (Olympus camera)
On the river bank // Everything floating in the river is fallen blossom. (Olympus camera)
Blossom // A trail of cherry blossom under the train track. (Olympus camera)
